Reports

GLIDE EQ-2009-000108-HND The International Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate financial support is available for Red Cross and Red Crescent response to emergencies. The…

Period covered by this update: 2 June to 12 June 2009. Summary: CHF 30,000 (USD 28,132 or EUR 19,879) was allocated from the Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 2 June 2009 to support the Honduran Red Cross (HRC)…

Appeal Target: US$ 300,808 Geneva, 5 June 2009 Dear Colleagues, On 28 May 2009, an earthquake of the magnitude of 7.1 on the Richter scale struck Honduras on its Atlantic coast. The most affected regions are the Bahía islands (Roatán, Guanaja…

GLIDE EQ-2009-000108-HND The International Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate financial support is available for Red Cross and Red Crescent response to emergencies. The…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In October 2008, Honduras was affected by heavy rainfall due to two tropical depressions. Tropical Depression 16 remained over the country for two weeks starting 13 October and triggered floods in 17 of the country's…

La operación financiada por ECHO beneficiará directamente a 1.425 personas en las municipalidades rurales del departamento de Yoro (22 comunidades de las municipalidades de Victoria y Sulaco). El pasado 23 de diciembre de 2008, el departamento de Ayuda Humanitaria de…

Appeal Target: US$ 824,486 Total requested: US$ 501,877 Geneva, 15 January 2009 Dear Colleagues, On 16 October 2008, Tropical Depression 16 made landfall in Central America and caused heavy rains from northern Costa Rica to Southern Mexico. The Northern, Western and Southern…

Silver Spring, Maryland-In an effort to assist more than 16,000 survivors of Tropical Depression Sixteen in Honduras, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) provided more than 2,100 hygiene kits and nearly 1,300 clothing kits in cooperation with COPECO, the…

1. Situation 1. Nature of the Disaster Since October 13th, heavy rainfalls affected the Honduran territory due to the interaction of Tropical Depression 16th with a low depression current accompanied by a swell in the pacific coast. This brought as a…

Mercy Corps is helping restart agricultural production in flood-soaked Honduras by distributing corn and bean seeds to 1,300 farmers - enough to plant 2,300 acres worth of food crops lost due to torrential rains. Getting farmers back to work is…